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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. OCTOBER 5, 1922 



PAST PRESIDENT'S DAY AT AMERICAN MEETING 



Seven Former Heads of Association Introduced by General Harries, Who Said: 
Have Reverence for Those Who Preceded Us in Honorable 
and Honored Service" 



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AT the conclusion of Judge War- 
Warwick's address yesterday at the 
American meeting, Mr. Todd said that 
he had now reached the part on the 
program known as "Past Presidents 
Today." He himself might perhaps 
use the salutation of the old Roman 
gladiator: "Ahout to die, I salute 
you." Nevertheless, this was not the 
actual situation. When a president 



the way up the ladder by his ability, 
and now was first vice-president of 
the Chicago Railways Company, a part 
of the Chicago Surface Lines. At the 
time that he was president of the 
association he was president of the 
Chicago Union Traction Company. 

Mr. Roach in his address said first 
that he was greatly pleased to wel- 
come the association to Chicago, In 



"Mere suggestions of a reunion of 
patt presidents prompts premier 
thought of those who, with the golden 
key of death, opened the palace of 
etsrnity. An old world cynic of the 
long ago said that 'a dead man has 
neither relations or friends.' With 
such an utterance we can have no 
sympathy. We have reverence for 
those who preceded us in honorable 




CHAS. L. HENRY 



JOHN M. ROACH 



GEN. G. H. HARRIES 



L. S. STORRS 



returned to the ranks there was much 
that he could do of great value to the 
association, as shown by the services 
of the past presidents. He then in- 
vited the past presidents of the asso- 
ciation present to take seats on the 
platform. Those who did so, with 
their terms of ofl5ce, were: 
John M. Roach. (1899-1900) 
Walton H. Holm.es, (1900-1901) 
Arthur W. Brady, (1910-1911) 
Thomas N. McCarter. (1911-1912) 
George H. Harries, (1912-1913) 
Charles L. Henry, (1915-1916) 
L. S. Storrs, (1916-1917) 
Mr. Todd then introduced Mr. Roach 
as the senior past president, and said 
this year he was commemorating his 
fifty years of service in street rail- 
roading. He had worked himself all 



behalf of the Chicago Surface Lines. 
He referred to the city as contain- 
ing the most wonderful park system 
of any city in the world, and at the 
same time it was a tremendous com- 
mercial center and railroad terminal. 
He then explained that General Har- 
ries would be in charge of the re- 
mainder of the session and he eulo- 
gized the services of General Harries 
in the army during the late war and 
also his ability as an electric railway 
operator. He said: "He has brought 
honor to the asociation, and he honors 
us today with his presence." 

General Harries then took the chair 
and asked the audience to stand as 
a mark of respect to those who had 
passed beyond. He then spoke im- 
pressively as follows: 



and honored service, and 'deem them 
sacred who have entered the immortal 
state.' There be several such — of 
whom I have no roster — but they will 
be, here and there, reached through- 
out this audience. Who ameng us 
that knew Caryl Ely can visualize him 
without emotion or deny the exist- 
ence of the friendship which persists 
despite the intervening and immeas- 
urable space? Other names will move 
you to thought — and to gladness be- 
cause you knew their bearers in this 
world of work and play during days 
wh( n tlje , shadows of ever-approach- 
ing dissolution were cheerfully disre- 
garded. As we are here assembled to 
enjoy mutual greetings and laud the 
living, let us pay at least brief hom- 
age to those of equal merit who — 



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Third Issue 



PROGRAM FOR TODAY 



All Meetings on the Municipal Pier 



CONVENTION MEETINGS 

10 a. m. to 1 p. m. — Final meeting of 
American Association, American 
Room, Congress Hall. 

2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. — Final meeting of 
Accountants' Association, including 
past presidents' day, Accountants' 
Room, 3rd floor Pier Head Building 
above registration booth. 

2 p. m. to 5 p. m. — Final meeting of 
Engineering Association, Engineer- 
ing Room, Congress Hall. 

2:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m.— Final meet- 
ing of Transportation & Traffic As- 
sociation, including presentation of 
badges to past presidents. Transpor- 
tation & Traffic Room, Congrccs 
Hall. 

2:30 p. m. to 5 p. m. — Meeting of 
Claims Association, Claims Room, 
Congress Hall. 

5 p. m. — Executive Committee, Ameri- 
can Association. Drake Hotel. 

ENTERTAINMENTS 
2 p. m. to 5 p. ra. — Music by Benson's 
Orchestra. Tea service for the 
ladies. Informal reception and 
light refreshments at Reception 
Room, Municipal Pier. 
8 p. m. — Grand Ball at the Drake 
Hotel. 

keepers of the faith — have passed out 
of sight of men." 

After the audience had become 
again seated. General Harries said: 

"Those whom you this day delight 
to honor are of as many sorts as there 
are individuals; they differ 'as one 
star differeth from another star In 
glory.' Each, during his term of 
office, did that which seemed unto him 
best — if he could persuade the execu- 
tive committee to vote that way. 
Some represent administrations long 
gone and bring to you suggestions of 
that now imaginary aroma of the 
stables and barns (that really were 
barns) and reeking harness which 
was as frankincense and myrrh and 
precious spices to the nostrils of 
aforetime presidents; presidents in 
those distant days when pine tables 
served for presidential desks and 
drivers were paid a dollar for a four- 
teen hour day; when the books of 
account were kept by a bright boy 
who labored after school hours for 
two dollars a week — and deemed him- 
self to be well on his way to great 
riches. 

"Others will bring you later — and 
maybe less interesting — news, for 
reminiscences have fascinating value. 
All must necessarily be brief — most 
of the total time allotment is re- 
served for the introductions though 
I will tell you who and what the liv- 
ing relics really are." 



General Harries then referred to 
the previous speaker, Mr. Roach: 

"It's a long stride from the day of 
the Slawson-box bell jjunch, the odor- 
ous non-illuminating lamps, and the 
straw-bedded passengers, but some of 
us have made it. John M. Roach was 
naturally a president for two reasons 
— first, because he is and always has 
been worthy of the highest honor the 
industry can bestow and, second, be- 
cause he was born in the state which 
shares presidential parental glories 
with Virginia. Virginia claims to be 
the mother of presidents, but her 
youngest child has long been dust. 
Ohio is the father of presidents — 
but not with Virginia as a partner — 
and still rejoices in the sturdiness of 
example. 

"It's none of your business at all 
when Mr. Roach was born, but it will 
interest you youngsters of fifty 
or sixty to know that he's a 
transportation man through and 
through — yet by no means through. 
He began where some folk who once 
were presidents have finished — as a 
conductor. That was in 1872, in the 
employ of the North Chicago Street 
Railway Company. Because he under- 
stood the basic things — his job, his 
fellow employees, and the human be- 
ings who reluctantly handed him their 
fares — there were promotions; assist- 
ant superintendent, superintendent; 
vice-president and general manager of 
the West Chicago Street Railway Com- 
prny; vice-president and general 
manager of the system embraced in 
the United Traction Company and 
president of three other Chicago com- 
panies; then President of the Chicago 
Railways Company tor six years, 
when in 1913 he concluded he had 
worked long enough. Then he be- 
came a mere director of the Chicago 
Surface Lines. His fiftieth anniver- 
sary of Chicago railway service oc- 
curred this year. We shall remem- 
ber him as one who earned the dis- 
tinction of our presidency in 1899 and 
who made good." 

The first past president introduced 
by General Harries was Walton H. 
Holmes, now vice-president I'Cansas 
City. Leavenworth and Western Rail- 
way. General Harries said that Mr. 
Holmes when president of the asso- 
ciation was also president of the Met- 
ropolitan Street Railways of Kansas 
City, and that the industry would 
never forget the Holmes brothers. He 
paid Mr. Holmes the compliment of 
saying that he looked younger than 
he did twenty-two years ago when he 
was president of the association. 

Mr. Holmes, in replying, explained 
that he had always been in the rail- 
way business and that his father, 
Nehemiah Holmes, had built the first 
street railway west of the Mississippi 
River. This was the Kansas City & 
Westport Street Railway, and fran- 
chises were as difficult to obtain in 



1859, when this road was built, as to- 
day. He said that uiWer the direction 
of his brother this railway was elec- 
trified in 1884-85 by John C. Henry, 
a pioneer electric railway engineer. 
He had seen three changes in motor 
power — horse, cable and electricity. 
Cable had been considered essential In 
Kansas City and has been used on 
roads having as high as a 19 V2 per 
cent grade. He referred to other past 
presidents who were not now living 
and particularly Captain McCulloch 
and Calvin G. Goodrich. He con- 
veyed the greetings of his brother to 
the association. 

General Harries then introduced 
Arthur W. Brady, president, 1910-1911, 
in the following way: 

"Mr. Brady filled — I mean just that 
— our presidential chair in 1910-1911. 
Also, while he is only five years my 
junior in life, he unintentially dis- 
tributes an impression of perennial 
youth; nothing frisky — far from it — 
but nevertheless youth; finely-bal- 
anced, well-rounded, cultured and 
capable youth. He has overcome 
whatever disabilities may have re- 
sulted from being born in Indiana, 
which commonwealth is not much in 
the production of political presidents; 
indeed it has even been deprived of 
the glory of being a pivotal state in 
presidential years. 

"Mr. Brady's route to the associa- 
tion's throne was not hampered by 
early experience as a conductor or 
motorman. He approached it by way 
of the I'niversities of Yale and Mich- 
igan and a Muncie law practice. He 
got into our game as counsel for the 
Citizen's Street Railway Company of 
Muncie and for the Muncie. Hartford 
& Fort Wayne Railway; both now 
among the companies merged into the 
Indiana Union Traction Company. As 
counsel he was evidently a brilliant 
success. He so attended to the 
merger terms and legalities that the 
stockholders promptly made him vice- 
president and president in rapid suc- 
cession; in which latter executive 
position he could advise himself with- 
out fear of a conflicting opinion. As 
a logical result, the Indiana I^nion 
Traction Company has, after twenty 
years of Brady leadership, an ideal 
chief and an operating organization 
of the first class. We see what the 
business can do even to a lawyer. 

"As association man and oflBcer, Mr. 
Brady fills the measure — the liquid 
measure — to overflowing. His inter- 
est is ever active; his energies always 
at our disposal; his judgment sound. 
A good man to have at your side in 
a flght — for he never fails. A con- 
stant friend. He rings true." 

Mr. Brady, in his address, explained 
that, in point of service, he was the 
oldest president of the association in 
its reorganized form. He paid a 
strong tribute to Mr. Ely, who he said 
was largely responsible tor the exist- 
(Continucd on page 45) 



Oct. 5, 1922 



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Thank the Lord, Jupiter Pluvius 
didn't attend the Convention. 

Well, there is only one more day 

left in which the question can be 

asked: "Who is Parnassus on the 
Pier?" 

Our aptronymic spotter points out 
that the name of the assistant treas- 
urer of the Chattanooga Railway & 
Light Company is C. Wright. 

We know now why the column con- 
ductors in the daily papers are paid 
a king's ransom each week for the 
stuff they write. They don't get halt 
enough at that. 

Roy Holden received an enthusiastic 
vote of thanks from visitors at the 
lunch counter on the pier yesterday. 
He started something by climbing in- 
side and introducing some real serv- 
ice. 

A loyal T. & T. man and rooter for 
President Seely was heard to say yes- 
terday after the installation of 
officers: "Well. Garrett may be an 
Attic philosopher, but he has no bats 
in his belfry." 

Parnassus nearly slipped from his 
heights when he saw H. W. Carlisle's 
world's largest map in Marsh & Mc- 
Lennan's booth. A New Yorker saw 
it and exclaimed: "My land, I didn't 
know the country was as big as that." 

Budd Evins brought his spike tails, 
but forgot his dress trousers. Mrs. 
Evins telegraphed to the janitor to 
break in and send them on for the 
Ball tonight. When Budd has his 
pants, he is vice-president of More- 
Jones. 

Books are books to the hotel cham- 
bermaids. Thus one of the Journal 
editors who brought with him on the 
train a copy of "Brann's Iconoclast" 
found on returning to his room that 
the girl who cleans up had put Brann 
atop the Gideon Bible. 

A lady stepped up to W. P. Hunt, 
president Northern Granite & Stone 



Co., Cleveland, in the Drake lobby and 
asked where she could find Mr. Black. 
Mr. Hunt told her to ask at the desk. 
"But he told me to ask the door- 
man," she replied. 

The Smith family is well repre- 
sented at the convention this year, 
twenty-three being listed in the ot- 
ficial registration list out yesterday 
morning. The unlucky character of 
this number is shown by the fact that 
no Mrs. Smith is present. 



On seeing the young lady In the 
far corner of the Electric Raihvay 
Journal booth powder her nose out in 
the open the other day, we remarked 
that the work was one of superoga- 
tion; like painting the lily or gilding 
gold. That was all the good it did us. 



The Californians are looking out for 
their Bacon. Frank Bacon, who is ap- 
pearing at a local theater in his play, 
"Lightnin'," is a Calitornian and the 
California electric railway men enter- 
tained him at lunch at the Blackstone 
yesteiday. Californians surely do 
boost each other. 



Thomas E. Grossman was the re- 
cipient yesterday of a gold watch 
fob from the association in apprecia- 
tion of his forty years' endurance in 
recording the proceedings of the A. E. 
R. A. Mr. Grossman knows more 
about this business than many rail- 
way men. 

J. F. Edward, master mechanic of 
the Indianapolis Street Railway, says 
that his company has found a way 
of "Foxing" the motormen who im- 
provise foot rests by kicking holes in 
car vestibule linings. His company 
now uses Plymetl instead of the com- 
position lining previously used. 

Indiana seems to have the call on 
presidents in the American Associa- 
tion, with Mr. Todd. Mr. Henry and 
Mr. Brady, all in recent years. Mr. 
Emmons of Maryland, the only candi- 
date for president during the coming 
year, may appear to be an exception, 
but he also was manager of an In- 
diana road for a number of years. 



Sam Greenland: "How did you ever 
get this fine weather for the conven- 
tion?" 

Hiram Kenfield: "I prayed for it." 

Sam: "You certainly were greatly 
blessed for one prayer." 

HI: "Oh! I prayed for a whole week 
for warm weather." 

Sam: "Well, you prayed too long." 

The two big events of the fall to 
electric railway men are the World's 
Series Games and the Convention. 
This is the order of their importance, 
but fortunately this year the conven- 
tion had the jump on the baseball 
games by a couple of days. If you 
have any bets to place, see Harry 
Donecker. 

After their Tuesday's session, the 
accountants moved out of the hall near 
the end of the pier because of the 
noise made by adjoining exhibits of 
car gongs, air whistles and circuit 
breakers. So Secretary Welsh gave 
the use of this hall yesterday to the 
publicity men. After this meeting the 
gong and whistle exhibitors declared 
they wanted new locations. 

YOU CAN'T BEAT THE GENERAL 

General Harries in his genial and 
inimitable way wrote a few items for 
this page yesterday when he intro- 
duced some of the past presidents. 
Narsassus — or is it Parnassus? — was 
present and cribbed a few, to wit: 

John M. Roach is a transportation 
man through and through, but he is 
not through. He celebrated the fif- 
tieth anniversary of his connection 
with the Chicago Railways yesterday. 

Arthur W. Brady, a Yale-Michigan 
legal light, is a good example of what 
the railway business can do even for 
a lawyer. 

Lucius S. Storrs was a geologist of 
note before becoming a railway presi- 
dent. Probably this is what has en- 
abled him to keep his property off 
the rocks. 

In responding to the General's 
"dubious" introduction yesterday, past 
President Thomas N. McCarter said: 
"While Brady was studying deviltry 
at Yale, I was learning Calvinism at 
Princeton." 



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Third Issue 



Since tiie last convention we have 
lost one handsome bachelor in the 
shape of Martin Schrieber, who was 
well known to all the railway frater- 
nity as a confirmed benedict. There 
is still another chance or two, how- 
ever, for the winsome young lady, as 
we still have in our midst Smiling 
Matt Bru.sh and Bonnie Bennie Lyon. 

YES, YES! GO ON! 
Last night I was TODDling along 
the Lake Shore Drive WHITE WAY" 
HOLDEN my own the best I could 
and trying to PIERCE the gloom 
which overhung Lake Mich., while a 
COLLIER was at anchor in the offing. 
Its crew was trying to catch some 
FISH when a society BUDD ap- 
proached me for a subscription 
toward a fund for the education of 
the heathen in GOULD, TONTRUP, 
FINIGAN and SIAM. 'Twould have 
been a HECKER of a note to let her 
think I was trying to WELSH on her 
and I was afraid slie might make a 
NOYES about it to a policeman, as I 
hadn't had time to TRAINOR better 
or have friend LABERT do the job 
in his own way. Swat me for a 
ROACH if I didn't think she was a 
KIDDER and I was just about to tell 
her that I'd rather spend my money to 
PALMER or else send her FLOWERS. 
Just then sweetie spoke up and said: 
'•Haven't I SAWYER before?" Says 
I: "Yes, maybe you have in some 
BLACKBALL over on the WEST side. 



Registration 



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Roll Call 

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Conducting a column looks easy, but 
ain't. Sometimes the stuff just won't 
come. You blow the police whistle 
for traffic to start, but there isn't 
any traffic. As R. H. L. said vesterday 
morning in the Tribune: "This is 
one of the days when the last line 
seems almost impossible." 



The registration at 5 o'clock last 
night was 3,891. 



Notice — Executive Coniinittee 

Meeting American Association 



gravity Ace bus over the road to De- 
troit. It will leave Chicago Sunday 
morning early. This company ex- 
tends to the delegates an invitation 
to go along. Those interested should 
communicate with Mark Smith at the 
exhibit of this company. Space E 43 
and 44. 



Attention is called to the fact that 
the first meeting of the newly elected 
Executive Committee of the American 
Association is to be held at 5 o'clock 
this afternoon, Thursday, Drake Ho- 
tel, in one of the parlors. See bulle- 
tin board for number of room. Par- 
ticular attention is called to the fact 
that this meeting is Thursday after- 
noon and not F iday morning as orig- 
inally announced. 



Notice — Engineering Executive 
and Subjects Committee Meeting 



A meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee and of the Subjects Committee 
of the Engineering Association will 
be held at !) a. m. Friday at the Drake 
Hotel. (See bulletin board tor room 
number.) 



Notice — Executive and Subjects 
Committee Meeting Transpor- 
tation and Traffic Association 



Muscle Shoals to the Front 

Those interested in Muscle Shoals 
will be glad to learn the views on this 
great national question of C. G. Adsit, 
vice-president and executive engineer, 
Georgia Railway & Power Company. 
Mr. Adsit is quoted in the special Chi- 
cago issue of "Two Bells" as follows: 

"I think some of the things printed 
about Muscle Shoals are greatly ex- 
aggerated. But I do know that at 
Tugalo we have the greatest success 
if we use oak boards, charred on one 
side fnd bound together securely by 
iron bands. The longer potential 
power is stored, the belter the volt- 
age. Sometimes peach seed charcoal 
helps. But be sure to have them 
charred in Louisville instead of At- 
lanta. Power generated by the Louis- 
ville process is far preferable, par- 
ticularly for lighting purposes." 



Where Is John Stanley? 



A meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee and of the Subjects Commit- 
tee of the Transportation and Traffic 
Association will be held at 9 a. m. 
Friday at the Drake Hotel. See bul- 
letin board for room number. 



Do You Want to Go by 

Bus to Detroit? 



The American Jlotor Bus Company 
plan.e: to run its large low-center-of- 



Past President John J. Stanley, the 
genial president of the Cleveland Rail- 
way, left Cleveland at 9 a. m. Sunday 
norning in the conveyance pictured 
here. Three hours later he was safely 
landed at Rice Lake, Ont., at Field 
Lodge Farms. Having made up his 
nind to abandon all care this week 
for a fishing and hunting trip, an 18- 
hour train trip was altogether too 
slow to take him to his play. En route 
he flew directly over Niagara Falls. 




JOHN J. STANLEY GOES IN FOR SPEED 



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mencan 
Proceedings 

YESTERDAY morning's session of 
tlie American Association was 
opened promptly at 10 o'clock, even 
though there were but a small number 
in the hall. President Todd is trying to 
get things oft on schedule. A large 
number of committee reports were pre- 
sented during the morning. A report 
of the constitution and by-laws com- 
mittee was approved and an amend- 
ment passed providing that there shall 



Budd, President of Metropolitan West 
Side Elevated, Chicago, 111. 

Second Vice-President — J. N. Shan- 
nahan, President Newport News & 
Hampton Railway, Gas & Electric 
Company. Hampton, Virginia. 

Third Vice-President — F. R. Coates, 
President Community Traction Com- 
pany. Toledo, Ohio. 

Fourth Vice-President — W. H. Saw- 
yer, President East St. Louis & Su- 
burban Railway, East St. Louis, 111. 

Treasurer — Barron G. Collier, Presi- 
dent Barron G. Collier, Inc., New York 
City. 

Members at large, representing rail- 
way companies, terms expiring 1925 — 
Paul Shoup, President Pacific Electric 



made by financial institutions, but 
that they were not applicable in rate 
or reorganization cases before public 
service commissions when they were 
to be contested, nor when court re- 
view was probable. W. H. Sawyer, 
East St. Louis, and W. H. Maltbie, 
Baltimore, both disagreed with Mr. 
Perkins, stating that as a business 
proposition railways should approach 
the yardstick method as a matter of 
good business. True, said Mr. Maltbie, a 
certain type of court does not now 
adopt this method and a certain type 
of cross examination may seem to 
undermine It, but that Is a temporary 
condition and railways must carry on 
the work so that finally this method 







C. D. EMMONS 



J. N. SHANNAHAN 



F. R. COATES 



be nine in place of twelve regular 
meetings of the Executive Committee. 

Reports from the company member- 
ship, individual membership, publicity, 
committee of one hundred, co-opera- 
tion with State and Section Associa- 
tion, were all received and approved. 
In presenting the report of the publi- 
clations committee Mr. Storrs made 
an appeal to executives for advice to 
help the publications committee and 
the editor of Acra to find the one best 
and most useful place In the field for 
the publication's service. 

A feature of the morning was the 
report of the committee on nomina- 
tions and the election of the follow- 
ing officers: 

President — C. D. Emmons, President 
United Railways & Electric Company 
of Baltimore. 

First Vice-President — Britton I. 



Railway Company, San Francisco, 
Cal. ; J. P. Barnes, President Louisville 
Railway. Louisville, Ky. 

Representing manufacturers' com- 
panies — H. D. Shute, vice-president 
Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur- 
ing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa. 

A. A. Hale, New England represen- 
tative. Griffin Wheel Company, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

The report of the valuation commit- 
tee was presented largely supporting 
the further extension of "yard-stick" 
methods of valuation. In a written 
discussion presented by A. T. Perkins 
of St. Louis, it was emphasized that 
yard-stick methods must be applied 
with care — that they were useful when 
valuations were being made by cor- 
porations and commissions with no 
third party to examine into the re- 
sults, or wben valuations were being 



of valuation may be recognized by 
commissions and eventually by 
statute. 

The next report was that of the 
committee on co-operation of manu- 
facturers presented by E. F. Wlck- 
wire, its chairman, with the usual 
Wickwirian witticisms. This report 
indicated a very greatly increasing co- 
operative activity on the part of man- 
ufacturers and there was a note of 
prediction of more to come. C. E. 
Morgan, Brooklyn, in discussion of 
this report, said that railway com- 
panies should take the initiative in 
this public relations work so as to 
make the co-operation of the manu- 
facturers less difficult. 

President Todd then introduced as 
the next speaker, Hon. Walter W. 
Warwick, assistant director of the 
budget. United States Treasury. Judge 



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Warwick gave an account of the 
budget system in the United States 
and said that in his opinion within a 
few years the annual message of the 
President on the budget would be con- 
sidered the most interesting official 
document published. He then said that 
the connection between government 
financing and electric railway financ- 
ing was closer than one might think. 
He said he recalled the opinion of 
the Federal Electric Railways Com- 
mission and did not think the public 
as a whole realized the burdens of 
the railways. Those who did prob- 
ably considered those burdens Just 
retribution for the sins of the pion- 
eers thirty years ago. Nevertheless, 
the public, now, is coming to realize 
that whatever the conditions thirty 
years ago, they have an interest in 
good present street car service. The 
railway is, and will remain, the chief 
means of local service, and the speaker 
said that he does not expect to see 
the cars replaced by buses, though 
the latter may be all right for light 
traffic. 



nounced the remainder of the session 
would be taken up with addresses 
from the past-presidents of the asso- 
ciation present. The account of this 
portion of the session is given in an- 
other column. 



Engineering 
Proceedings 

THE meeting of the Engineering As- 
sociation yesterday afternoon was 
opened by a short address on Safety 
Work by H. H. Buckman of the 
United Lead Company. Mr. Buckman 
stressed the importance of getting' 
suggestions from employees as to how 
to prevent accidents and he said that 
even though these cannot be acted on 
immediately, frequently circumstances 
occur later where they will be found 
of great value. 



The report of the committee on this 
subject of curved wneel and tread 
contours was accepted with the pro- 
vision that the recommendations made 
by the standards committee regarding 
it be carried out. 

Subject No. 3, dealing with girder 
rail specifications, was discussed by 
H. H. George, who gave a comparison 
of the recommendations made by the 
way committee with existing specifi- 
cations of the American Society for 
Testing Materials. Mr. George also 
explained and elaborated the way 
committee's report on subject No. 6 
relating to wood preservation. The 
last two recommendations of the way 
committee in regard to this subject 
were adopted and the first was adopted 
with the provision that this subject 
be assigned to a special committee 
for consideration in the future. 

In discussing subject No. 7, H. A. 
Johnson reported that the subjects 
committee had decided that this sub- 
ject should not be reassigned to the 
way committee for future study. The 






W. H. SAWYER 



PAUL SHOUP 



H. D. SHUTE 



The question at present was, how 
is the railway to get the new capital 
necessary. The public has been edu- 
cated during Liberty Loan campaigns 
to understand investments, and as 
people acquire capital, many can be 
induced to purchase utility issues. But 
they must have something more defin- 
ite than mere promises. They will 
want to know all about the business 
in which they are expected to invest, 
and they will want to see their money 
go into good service. Railway com- 
panies desiring to reach this class of 
investor must be able to talk their 
language. The statements must not 
be too complex. With such a body of 
stockholders, the utility will be in 
much better position. But the man- 
agement must not be of the absentee 
class. The board must contain local 
men of character, and the financial 
institutions at home must be able to 
recommend the security. Then the 
situation of the railway is secure. 

At the conclusion of Judge War- 
wick's address the president an- 



The report of the committee on way 
matters was presented by W. F. 
Graves, chairman. The various sub- 
jects asigned to the way committee 
for consideration this year were taken 
up individually and the discussion 
completed on each before proceeding 
to the next. On subjects Nos. 1, lA, 
3, 5 and 12 there was no discussion 
and the recommendations of the way 
committee were adopted by the asso- 
ciation. Subject No. 2 was discussed 
by H. Fort Flowers, who said that the 
way committee favored the use of a 
compound fillet rather than a curved 
contour for the tread of wheels. When 
two wheels differing in diameter by 
1/32 in. are mounted on the same 
axle, if the wheels had a standard 
taper of one in twenty-five they would 
have to move endwise % In. in order 
to find a point of equal diameter. As 
there is but Vs in. difference between 
the standard wheel gage and the 
standard truck gage such unequal- 
diameter wheels will hug the rail. 



way committee accordingly withdrew 
its recommendation that the subject 
of specifications for sundry track ma- 
terials be assigned to the ensuing 
committee for the purpose of com- 
piling additional specifications in this 
field, in view of the fact that this 
work can be more economically han- 
dled through the A. E. S. C. The 
recommendation that the specifica- 
tions submitted this year be adopted 
as "recommended specifications" and 
included in the Engineering Manual 
was adopted. The dimensions of frogs 
for crossings and turnouts as given 
by the committee were adopted as 
"standard design." 

As recommended by the committee, 
the subject of track construction in 
paved streets was assigned to the en- 
suing committee with instructions to 
continue the joint study of this sub- 
ject with the A. S. M. I. H. H. George 
explained that W. R. Dunham and he 
had attended the A. S. M. I. conven- 
tion in Cleveland this week. There 
is likelihood that public utility men 



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will be admitted to active member- 
ship in that society. If so. It will be 
easy to promote co-operation with 
that society. On account of the late- 
ness of the hour, the report of the 
standards committee was put over to 
Thursday. Mr. Johnson, however, re- 
ported for the subjects committee, the 
recommendation of which will go to 
the incoming executive committee. 
Joint Session With Amekican 
Welding Society 

Chairman Kimball yielded the chair 
to C. A. McCune, president Amer- 
ican Welding Society, who briefly ex- 
plained the organization of that soci- 
ety. Mr. McCune then called on Mr. 
Sparagen, secretary American Bu- 
reau of Welding, to tell of the work 
of that organization. 

E. M. T. Ryder next read a paper 
on "Welded Rail Joints Problems" in 
which the activities of the A. B. of 
W. committee on welded rail joints 
were covered. In the absence of J. 
S. McWhirter, his paper on "Welding 
for the Maintenance of 1,600 Cars" 
was read by G. C. Hecker. J. H. 
Deppeler, chief engineer Metal & 
Thermit Corporation, opened the dis- 
cussion with some remarks on ther- 
mit welding, and a communication by 
Mr. Gillespie on oxy-acetylene weld- 
ing was read by title. 



Accountants 



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THE meeting of the Accounts' As- 
sociation yesterday afternoon was 
held in the new quarters, which 
proved to be much more satisfactory 
than the room originally assigned to 
the association. After being called to 
order by President Webster the re- 
port of M. W. Glover, chairman of 
the committee on relations with other 
associations, was read and approved. 
This report outlined the work of the 
committee since its organization in 
May, 1922, and suggested the desir- 
ability of co-ordination of association 
work insofar as the accounting 
branches of the various industries 
might be interested. Plans were made 
for representation of the railway Ac- 
countants' Association at the conven- 
tions of the other national organiza- 
tions and this will likely result in a 
much better general understanding be- 
tween the accountants in the various 
industries. 

After Mr. Glover's report was read 
Henry W. Snow delivered a very com- 
prehensive and interesting address on 
the preparation and administration of 
budgets. This address brought out 
some very important points in con- 
nection with budgets. This subject is 
of particular interest at this time on 
account of the financial problems 
which the industry has been meeting 
during the past few years. 



In his address Mr. Snow suggested 
that the budget work be handled by 
a separate organization reporting to 
an executive ofBcer and that the scope 
of its work should include the fore- 
casts necessary in construction, rev- 
enue and material requirements, these 
features to be summarized in a gen- 
eral statement of cash requirements. 
Budget Prep;\ked 

The preparation of a budget cover- 
ing a specified term, while reflecting 
some advantages, appeared to be less 
desirable than the preparation of a 
continuous budget subject to revisions 
from time to time on account of 
changes in financial situations and 
other unforeseen problems. 

It was also suggested that the con- 
tinuous budget be subjected to a care- 
ful check with the records of the Ac- 
counting Department and this factor 
should be of considerable interest to 
the accounting officers present, as it 
will give them an opportunity to 
study and anticipate future require- 
ments. 

While it is considered desirable to 
prepare budgets along very definite 
lines Mr. Snow emphasized the flexi- 
bility of his system and stated that 
no company should attempt to fix its 
budget requirements in a way that 
changes could not be made from time 
to time. The circumstances under 
which the companies are operating 
are continually changing and it would 
be manifestly impossible to prepare 
a budget which would be of any value 
without taking this factor into consid- 
eration. 

After the conclusion of Mr. Snow's 
address a number of accountants pres- 
ent requested further information as 
to certain points contained therein, 
and a general discussion resulted 
therefrom. He was given a I'ising 
vote of thanks for his work in con- 
nection with the address and it was 
also moved and seconded that copies 
of his paper should be sent to the 
various members of the Accountants' 
Association in advance of the regular 
proceedings. 
Open Discussion 

At the conclusion of the regular 
program, the meeting was thrown 
open to the discussion of matters of 
general interest to the accountants 
and some very interesting subjects 
were brought up. It was felt by the 
members present that these informal 
discussions were of material advan- 
tage to the association and that they 
should be continued from time to time. 



CI 



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Jack Sprat could eat no fat; his 
wife could eat no lean. ,You see, they 
spent their money for the jitney's 
gasoline. — Fresno Republican. 



TOcee 



dm^s 



A man stepped off the sidewalk, 
In a hurry for his chow; 

He didn't look to right or left — 
He's with the angels now. 

— The Buzzer. 



AT the third meeting of the Claims 
Association yesterday afternoon, 
G. T. Hellmuth, Chicago, North Shore 
& Milwaukee Railroad, read a paper 
on "Exorbitant Contingent Fees of At- 
torneys and Doctors, Their Effect and 
Legal Aspects." This paper had been 
prepared by W. W. Smithers, of the 
firm of Squires, Sanders and Demp- 
sey, Philadelphia. A legislative bill 
concerning ambulance chasers had 
been prepared by Mr. Smithers and 
was submitted for record in the pro- 
ceedings. 

Joseph S. Kuhn, formerly secretary 
of the Claims Association, and now 
with the Cleveland Railway, read a 
very comprehensive paper exposing the 
"Methods Employed by Ambulance 
Chasers." He outlined methods em- 
ployed by these "shysters," from the 
securing the names and addresses of 
the injured, to the supplying of med- 
ical experts and the securing of at- 
torneys upon a contingent fee basis. 
Mr. Kubu pointed out the small per- 
centage of money verdicts these am- 
bulance chased victims eventually re- 
ceived, and called attention to the sub- 
stantial fees raked off by the unscrii- 
pulous doctors and lawyers. Several 
specific cases were outlined and com- 
mented upon, and one or more pamph- 
lets as used by ambulance chasers 
were submitted for record. 

John W. Yenson, Third Avenue Rail- 
way, New York, supplemented Mr. 
Kubu's paper by an equally excellent 
one which outlined the methods and 
procedure of ambulance chasers in the 
East. Mr. Yenson suggested as relief 
from the iiernicious activities of these 
parasites, appeals to the various bar 
associations and publicity. 

Albert E. Powell, of the law firm of 
Squires. Sanders and Dempsey, of 
Cleveland, read a fair and unbiased 
paper which treated from an attor- 
ney's viewpoint the subject introduced 
by Mr. Smithers, and referred to 
above. He talked at some length upon 
champerty and maintenance and con- 
tingent fees. 

Letters from the president of the 
American Medical Association and 
the president of the American Bar 
Association were read and placed on 
file. These letters were in response 
to letters sent them by President Rice 
and contained no special messages. 

Attorneys from various cities spoke 
briefly in a personal way upon the 
caption, "Our Experiences and Opin- 
ion." Among these speakers were B. 
J. Kernan, of New Orleans; Mr. Her- 
old, of the Pacific Coast Liability In- 
surance Association; E. A. Neel, of 



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Kansas City; Roane Waring, Memphis. 
Tenn., and George E. Crosse, of La 
Crosse. Wis. 

Time was not available for the pa- 
pers on "Women Jurors" and "Jury 
Systems, and the Need for Their Re- 
%ision." 



T. and T. 
Proceedings 

THE first item on the program of 
the Transportation & Traffic As- 
sociation was the presentation of the 
report on one-man car operation by 
C. E. Morgan, chairman. He stated 
that the committee had brought the 
rules up to date, changing only in 
minor details to adapt them to one- 
man or two-man operation. The re- 
port was adopted. 

S. P. Pope read his paper on "The 
Llght-Weight Interurban Car." after 
which V. E. Duffy read for himself 
and H. S. Sweet, their paper on "The 
Turnstile Car." 

Mr. Duffy, in closing his paper, said 
that the chief engineer of the New- 
York Public Service Commission, 
which has just approved of the opera- 
tion of the turnstile cars, says that 
this type of car is as safe as any 
operated in the State of New York. 
In Rochester the company is also op- 
erating two or three routes using this 
turnstile type of car. 

W. E. Thompson read his paper on 
"Development of the Turnstile Car on 
the Third Avenue Railway System. 
New Y'ork City." He told how they 
had developed a double stream exit 
using an automatic turnstile for those 
who had the exact fare and a fare box 
for those whom the operator had to 
make change for and issue transfers. 
The cars have proved somewhat 
slower in operation than the two-man 
double-end type of car. 

James F. Hamilton. New Y'ork State 
Railways, told how he was not much 
of an enthusiast at first for the turn- 
stile cars, but now he is convinced 
that it is the successful solution of 
one-man car operation and was con- 
fident that this type of car was here 
to stay. He said operation would have 
been started earlier in Rochester but 
the company had no money and time. 
Plans now are to extend operation lO 
practically every line in Rochester 
and also on a 40-mile interurban line. 
H. H. Adams, Chicago, referred to a 
statement made at one of the Atlantic 
City conventions that one passageway 
would not do on the one-man type of 
car, but that it was essential to have 
a passageway wide enough so that the 
passengers could get on and off at the 
same time. He also told how the Chi- 
cago type of car was developed and 
how the automatic door was con- 
trolled. He believed that a barrier of 
any kind in the passageway slowed 



up operation and it was the reason for 
his development. 

G. H. Clifford. Fort Worth, Tex., said 
that the light weight one-man car had 
made more frequent headway possible 
and that one of the fundamental ideas 
of using it was to improve service. 
He pointed out also that the cost of 
rebuilding cars for one-man opera- 
tion was not justified, and for that 
reason that they were doing very lit- 
tle of this kind of work at present. 

H. H. Brown. Duluth, told how^ out; 
line had been equipped for the past 
two years with eight cars having turn- 
stiles and how by means of a railing 
he had succeeded in eliminating con- 
gestion on the rear platform. Regis- 
tering turnstiles are used and they 
take care of ticket fares. He said that 
the turnstile t\-pe of car would not be 
successful unless it had a front exit. 
E. A. Roberts, New Y'ork Transit Com- 
mission, said that all economies must 
be practiced on account of the 5 cent 
fare in New Y'ork and that the turn- 
stile cars in operation there by the 
two companies were not in use long 
enough to draw definite conclusion. 
The attitude of the commission, he 
said, was to encourage such develop- 
ments. 

John F. Ohmer told how ten years 
ago the first installation of turnstiles 
was put on the Riverdale line of the 
Peoples Railway Company in Da>i;on 
and the reasons that led up to their 
being prohibited. While in operation, 
thougti. they had proved successful 
and had materially increased the re- 
ceipts. 



1922. Mr. Datz has been acting as 
chief engineer of the^Iemphis Gas « 
Electric Co. and the Little Rock Rail- 
way & Electric Co., now under the 
supervision of the Electric Bond <!c 
Share Co. 



Datz To Be Elected 

Engineering President 



LT NLESS unexpected opposition de- 
' velops today the next president of 
the Engineering Association will be 
L. C. Datz. of Memphis, Tenn. That Is, 
the nomination of Mr. Datz has been 
made by the nominating committee and 
as the election will be held after the 
last Daily is out it is necessary to tell 
something about him in advance. 

Twentj'-one years ago he graduated 
from Tulane Tniversity in mechanical 
and electrical engineering, for a 
couple of years thereafter working 
with a contractor in New Orleans de- 
signing and building dredge boats and 
dredging machinery. Then for more 
than seven years he was chief drafts- 
man and assistant engineer of the 
New Orleans Railway & Light Co. 

After short periods, first with Tu- 
lane University as secretary, then 
with Ford. Bacon & Davis, and finally 
with the New Orleans property again 
he took a real job as engineer of 
Southern properties, I'nited Gas & 
Electric Corporation, also acting a 
vice-president of Southern properties 
of this corpoi-ation toward the end of 
the period of five years. Then for 
three years he was chief engineer of 
the American Cities Co. Since April, 



Meeting of Public Relations 

and Advertising Men 



UNANIMOUS approval of the pro- 
posal to organize a Public Utility 
Advertising Association was registered 
in the round-table discussion of the 
public relations and advertising men 
yesterday afternoon. W. P. Strandborg, 
Portland Railway, Light & Power 
Company, chairman of the committee 
on organization, presented a prospec- 
tus for the organization. This in- 
cluded a tentative draft of a consti- 
tution and tentative standards of 
practice necessary before such an or- 
ganization can apply for membership 
in the National Advertising Commis- 
sion and the technical division of the 
Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World. 

The present meeting was the second 
ing taken place at a meeting held in 
Milwaukee on June 13. 1922. This 
first meeting was attended by repre- 
sentatives of the electric railway, gas, 
light and power and telephone utili- 
ties and the same interests were rep- 
resented on the organization commit- 
tee appointed at that time. The com- 
mittee on organization was formally 
continued by action of the meeting 
to continue the work of organization 
and those in attendance at the meet- 
ing pledged assistance as they are 
called on by the committee. Among 
those who spoke in favor of the pro- 
posed organization were John F. Gil- 
christ, of the Commonwealth Edison 
Company; John Spellman. for the Bell 
Telephone Companies; Chas. Persons, 
National Director of the American Gas 
Association: B. J. Mullaney. of the 
Illinois Committee on Public Utility 
Information; George F. Oxley, Di- 
rector of Publicity of the National 
Electric Light Association, and L. T. 
Starr, of the Georgia Railway & 
Power Company. 



Go Home by Motor Bus 



The White Company is going to take 
its Pennsylvania-Ohio Electric Com- 
pany's deluxe coach and two of its 
twenty urban coaches back to Cleve- 
land over the road. They will leave 
Friday afternoon immediately after 
lunch. The route will leave via South 
Bend, where a stop will be made over 
Friday night, continuing on Saturday 
to Toledo, where Saturday night will 
be spent; then via Sandusky to Cleve- 
land on Sunday. The White Company 
extends an invitation to any one of 
the delegates present to go along. See 
F. E. Triebner at the White Com- 
pany's exhibit on the pier. 



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(Continurd from f>ngc 38) 
ence of the association as it exists 
today. There is no question, he said, 
that there would have been an asso- 
ciation, but it was a question how 
large and how broad its scope would 
be. There has been considerable 
doubt as to the advisability of the 
re-organization and during the few 
years following that period the asso- 
ciation had many trials. Looking 
back, however, the speaker said he 
believed it was fortunate that the 
re-organization had taken place at 
the particular time that it did. Mr. 
Brady also made a tribute to the later 
secretaries of the association, Messrs. 
Swenson and Donecker. 

General Harries then introduced 
Thomas N. IMcCarter, president 1911- 
1912, in the following words: 

"When President McCarter sallied 
forth In 1912 — accompanied by a pri- 
vate car, Charley Peirce and sundry 
other representatives of the so-called 
'interests' — predatory interests — he 
gave to his high office an apostolic 
air. Not that he journeyed without 




THOS. N. McCARTER 



scrip or purse, giving no thought to 
the morrow — (suggesting unnecessary 
hardships) — but because he went forth 
to preach our gospel to the end that 
our wicked traducers be shown the 
error of their anti-corporate ways. He 
out-traveled De Soto — for De Soto 
only got as far as the Mississippi and 
was not an apostle anyway — and 
spread abroad the doctrines which 
sprang from our creed. If Mr. Mc- 
Carter had never done anything more 
for the association than to make that 
voluntary pilgrimage (in such com- 
pany) we would ever be indebted to 
him, but he did very much more. 

"Like Mr. Brady, Jlr. McCarter is a 
lawyer. I state this without preju- 
dice. He left Princeton (after grad- 
uation) for the law and still obeys 
even the statutes, although what he 
thinks of some of them is not here 
of record. If he was on the bench 
now — as he was four years before the 
utilities commandeered him — he would 
probably (in the light of twenty years' 
non-judicial experience) be a great 
'constitutional' justice of the Su- 
preme Court of the United States. 



".Mr. McCarter's entrance into the 
transportation department of daily 
life strangely parallels what happened 
to Mr. Brady. Chosen one of a com- 
mittee of four to devise a plan for 
the rehabilitation and development of 
public utility properties in New 
Jersey, there followed the organiza- 
tion of the Public Service Corporation, 
with Mr. McCarter as president. What 
he has done for that great and grow- 
ing public servant is, among us, com- 
mon knowledge — a series of magnifi- 
cent achievements. What some of the 
duly (or otherwise) constituted au- 
thorities in New Jersey have endeav- 
ored to do to him would be an all- 
night story. Havin.g mentioned New 
Jersey two or three times in my re- 
marks, I should tell you that it is the 
first place where the zone system was 
first tried on an extended scale, and 
where there are now more jitneys to 
the square inch than any other place 
on earth. 

"Mr. McCarter may well be loved 
for the enemies he has made. We 
know him to be a sincere, forceful 
and fearless personage; a friend to 
his friends; a redoubtable antagonist, 
and a tower of strength in the asso- 
ciation structure." 

Mr. McCarter said in his address 
that he had been educated under the 
Calvinism of Princeton college, of 
which he and Woodrow Wilson were 
two products. The similarity ceased 
there, as the education had affected 
him one way and Mr. Wilson another 
way. He said he was no optimist in 
regard to the industi-y nor a complete 
pessimist, but that he believed it was 
wrong to fool ourselves or think that 
the future of the industry would be 
free from trouble. One thing to over- 
come was public hostility. He sr.id 
that his company was doing every- 
thing that it could think of to satisfy 
the public, such as good service, cour- 
tesy of employees, some speechifying 
and advertising. It is attempting to 
gain the favor of the public by every 
legitimate means and that most com- 
panies were doing this now, but it 
doesn't seem always to attain the re- 
sults sought. For example, the New 
York electric railway companies were 
giving the finest service in the world, 
yet the present mayor was re-elected 
on the platform of a 5-cent fare. Nev- 
ertheless, the work must go on, not 
that railway officials and stockhold- 
ers necessarily were to benefit but 
that the public comfort and conveni- 
ence be attained. 

The next past-president introduced 
by General Harries was Charles L. 
Henry. President 1915-1916. Of Mr. 
Henry he said: 

"Full of honors — yet always to be 
honored more — was Charles L. Henry 
when he became our official leader in 
191.5-1916. With him he brought a 
great store of experience, for he had 
record of success in the practice of 



law, had owned the Indianajjolis 
Juunial, served usefully as a member 
of the Indiana State Senate and as a 
member of Congress (refusin.g more 
than two terms) and nationally rec- 
ognized as one of the notable pioneers 
of interurban electric railway de- 
veloiiment. Incidentally, he gave the 
word 'interurban' to our language; a 
word which still affects adversely a 
number of investors who plun.i;ed so 
deeply into the depths of interurban 
idea that their money is still away 
below the once-alluring surface. 

"For thirty years he has been fore- 
most among the keen-visioned in com- 
munity building by amplifying rapid 
transit facilities. He is now presi- 
dent of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati 
Traction Company — notable as one of 
the earliest successful single-phase 
systems in the country. 

"Just what the association would do 
if Mr. Henry took a year's vacation 
is something I am not going to dis- 
cuss. The mere thought of such a 
happening distresses us selfishly. 
Wherever work abounds, there is he; 




A. W. BRADY 



calmly industrious; conscientiously 
productive; a wise counsellor; fric- 
tionless, yet very far from offering a 
merely passive resistance when prin- 
ciples or good practice are at stake. 
He keeps us straight federally and 
tries to keep the federal authorities 
straight — with gratifying success. His 
personal charm and our gratitude 
bind us to him, and always will." 

Mr. Henry said in reply that It 
seemed only a few years since he was 
president, and this shows that the 
years go swiftly by. The first con- 
vention which he attended was that 
at Niagara Falls. He had seen the 
association in many difficult ways, 
but it was here to stay. During- the 
year which he served as president, 
the most delightful experience which 
he had was that he received the co- 
operation of all. An import?nt step 
taken during that year was that both 
the manufacturers' companies and 
the railway companies were united 
in the organization. The message 
which he wished to leave was "Strong 
and United work in service of a Unit- 
ed Industry." 



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General Harries then introduced L. 
S. Storrs, president 1916-1917, as fol- 
lows: 

Mr. Storrs, a Geologist of Note 

"If the encyclopedias of biography 
do not exaggerate (and I see no 
reason why, in this instance, they 
should), Lucius S. Storrs was a geol- 
ogist of note before he entered the 
electric railway business. One of his 
dear friends was moved to say that 
nothing other than an intimate knowl- 
edge of geology could have kept the 
Storrs' properties off the rocks dur- 
ing the last few critical years. The 
simplicity of the method by which 
things were kept afloat will appeal to 
each one of you. All Mr. Storrs had 
to do was to convince the commis- 
sions and the public in his communi- 
ties that he needed higher fares, re- 
duction of taxation, and the abolition 
of all jitneys in his territory. He got 
what he wanted — with New York and 
Its five cent fare and municipal buses 
only a few miles away. In spite of 
this feat he is still president of that 
New England electrified network 
known as the Connecticut Company. 
"The period of Mr. Storrs' service 
included most of the year when we 
belatedly entered the World War. 
Only those of you who know how the 
forthcoming past-president served as 
chairman of our Association Commit- 
tee on National Defense — having 
charge of electric railway co-opera- 
tion — can fully appreciate the value 
of his willing contribution to the 
great cause. 

"Deeply, liberally, interested in all 
association problems, engaging of 
manner and a winner through tech- 
nical fact and diplomatic logic, Mr. 
Storrs will probably tell you how 
much he thinks of you." 

Mr. Storrs said in reply that the 
Industry was in a critical situation 
when he served as president, but 
whether this was a case of cause and 
effect or of coincidence, he could not 
say. The same period was marked by 
a gradual abandonment of the 5-cent 
fare, and conditions were so bad dur- 
ing his administration that the an- 
nual convention had to be abandoned. 
He said he also had a message to give 
to the association. It was just the 
opposite of the motto: "Cheer up, the 
worst is yet to come," but was: "Day 
by day. in every way, things are get- 
ting better." 

Chairman Harris then referred to 
the fact that W. Worth Bean, one cf 
those who had been present at :.he 
original organization meeting at Bos- 
ton in 1882, was present at this con- 
vention, and that he understood ibat 
Mr. Bean had maintained his member- 
ship connection with the association, 
first through his company being a 
member and later through being an 
individual member since the original 
meeting in Boston in 1882. He ex- 
tended the congratulations of the as- 
sociation to Mr. Bean. 



Letters were then read from four 
past presidents who were not able to 
be present, namely, Julius S. Walsh, 
president, 1885-86; D. P. Longstreet, 
president, 1892-93; Joel Hurt, presi- 
dent, 1894-95, and Charles S. Ser- 
geant, president, 1898-99. 

Chairman Harries then said that the 
association had been served for two 
score years by Thomas E. Grossman, 
as oSicial reporter, and who was still 
the reporter of the association. Mr. 
Grossman had taken down discus- 
sions, serious and frivolous, for forty 
years, and after it was written out, 
he had so treated it that it was read- 
able. He originally was connected 
with the Atlantic Avenue Railroad 
Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of which 
company W. J. Richardson, the first 
secretary of the association, was the 
secretary. 

Through this connection he under- 
took the reporting of the first regular 
meeting of the association in 1883 at 
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, 
and continued to report the subse- 
quent meetings, being present at all 
meetings. He presented to Mr. Cross- 
man, in behalf of the association, a 
gold watch fob with the emblem of 
the association. 

Mr. Grossman expressed his thanks 
for the gift, and said that the work 
had never been a grind, but was fas-, 
cinating to him, and that he appre- 
ciated the opportunity of meeting 
many friends. He said that he had 
observed two distinct groups of rail- 
way men in attendance at the con- 
ventions and that a third group had 
become active in the affairs of the 
association, and that in time even this 
group would disappear, he with it. 
The meeting then adjourned. 



Illinois Central Decides on 

1,500 Volts D. C. 



Long-Awaited Announcement Made 

After Studies Covering Many Years 

and Involving Advice From 

Leading Experts 



Should the Company Pave? 

The Missouri Committee on Public 
Utility Information issues a bulletin 
which has rather wide distribution. In 
the issue of July 29 it takes up that 
everlasting subject of dispute, the jus- 
tice or injustice of making a trolley 
company pave in some instances one- 
third of the roadway on which it has 
lines and in others the space between 
the rails and a foot or two beyond 
the rails. In addition to the paving it 
does, the trolley company must keep 
its part of the roadway in repair. 

But trolley cars run on steel rails 
and do not wear and tear the road- 
way. 

Why. it asks, should this paving 
cost be put on the trolley company 
and by the trolley be passed on to the 
trolley rider instead of upon the 
owners of the motor vehicles and 
horse-drawn trucks? 
For it points out: 

'Tis not th' 'eavy 'auling 
That 'urts th' 'osses 'oofs; 
'Tis th' constant 'ammer, 
'Ammer hon th' 'ard 'ighway. 
— Philadelphia Public Ledger. 



Al,500-volt D. C. system for the new 
electrification of the Illinois 
Central Railroad within the city limits 
of Chicago was announced yesterday 
by President Markham. The plan was 
adopted as a result of recommenda- 
tions made by a committee appointed 
in 1920 to study the subject. This 
committee, composed of several emi- 
nent heavy traction electrification en- 
gineers, made a most thorough study 
of existing systems in this country 
and abroad before rendering the deci- 
sion as to whether direct or alternat- 
ing current should be used. 

A Precedent Established 

The adoption of 1,500 volts D. C. 
practically determines the system to 
be used in all future terminal elec- 
trification work in Chicago. The an- 
nouncement of the committee's deci- 
sion was somewhat delayed by the 
loss of A. S. Baldwin, vice-president 
in charge of terminal electrification, 
who died on his way to Chicago alter 
having made a detailed survey of Eu- 
ropean installations. His duties have 
fallen to D. J. Brumley. 

The Illinois Central problem in- 
volves a heavy suburban passenger 
service, freight transfers between 
yards, switching in congested yards 
and eventually through passenger 
movements, all within terminal limits 
only. It is quite different from any 
electrification so far undertaken either 
in this country or abroad. The sub- 
urban passenger service will cover 
the main line from Chicago to Matte- 
son 28 route miles, the Chicago 
branch, 4.5 route miles, and the Blue 
Island branch, 4.4 route miles. The 
track miles involved are 125. 

Many Electric Cars Needed 

In a short time after the electrifi- 
cation is completed it is estimated 
that 240 cars electrically equipped will 
be required. The Illinois Central has 
had in operation in its suburban serv- 
ice for over a year a number of steel 
coaches, which can be converted for 
multiple unit operation merely by the 
installation of motors and the other 
necessary electrical equipment. The 
number of trains per day will be about 
350 and the total suburban train 
movement will amount to about 5,000 
train miles per day. 

The freight service north of Roose- 
velt. Road, next on the program will 
cover more than 40 miles of track, 
and as this is mainly yard trackage 
it involves difficult problems to elec- 
trify it. 

A feature of the system adopted is 
that overhead trolley will be used 
rather than third rail. 



Oct. 5, 1922 



Electric Railway Journal Convention Daily 



47 



Letter from Chas. S. Sergeant 



Former President Points Out How Con- 
ditions Have Improved in the Elec- 
tric Railway Industry 



AMONG the letters read by Gen. Geo. 
H. Harries yesterday at the Amer- 
ican Association meeting, the following 
one from Chas. S. Sergeant, Boston 
Elevated Railway, is selected for 
publication because Mr. Sergeant was 
president when the association last 
met in Chicago: 
"Dear Mr. Emmons: 

"Your favor of the 9th inst. has 
only reached me today and it is pos- 
sible this letter may be too late tor 
your purpose, which I regret. 

Recollections of Former Days 

"It is surely with great regret that 
I relinquish my expressed intention 
to be present at the Chicago conven- 
tion. All the more that it was in Chi- 
cago, so many years ago, when I had 
the honor of presiding over the con- 
vention there. 

"Those were the simple days of the 
old association, with no headquarters 
except at the annual meetings; no 
allied associations, all the worli de- 
volving upon the executive committee. 
I recollect that a standard classifica- 
tion of expense account engaged much 
of our attention there; also, that the 
association had. in the previous year, 
been rescued by the executive abilii.v 
of President H. M. Littell from being 
almost bankrupt and in dissolution. 
But the vital spirit was there, and 
the constant efforts of successive man- 
agements have developed our feeble 
beginnings into an effective and use- 
ful organization with, I believe, a 
bright future full of accomplishments 
and promise; an organization for 
which I shall always feel a loyal in- 
terest. 

"I have always regarded attendance 
upon the conventions and the meet- 
ings of the executive committee as a 
great privilege and cherish delightful 
recollections of the able men whom I 
have met at so many of these meet- 
ings. 

"I question whether any message 
from me will be of value to the 
younger men who now attend con- 
ventions, and who practice an art far 
advanced over that of the earlier days, 
when it was perhaps more of a prob- 
lem to secure the right to use an 
overhead trolley than of the use wbi''"" 
would be made of the franchise, 
'when, and if obtained. 

^f.\NY AdV.\NCES M.\DE in R.MLRO.MIING 

"Advances have been made. Few 
now protest the overhead trolley. No 
one growls over the depreciation ac- 
count. Sound financing- has replaced 
watered stock. Accounts are kept on 
the uniform, recognized system. 
Standardized equipment and trades 
have replaced the early and crude 
constructions. 

"Better service is rendered and 
more closely adjusted to the traffic 



needs. But no catalog is needed. 
You all know what has been done 
and are studying further improve- 
ment. However, some problems re- 
main the same. The manager still 
has to consider and to serve that old 
trinity so often spoken of at your 
meetings — the public, the employes 
and the company. The problem still 
remains almost insoluble. Official 
and legal recognition has been given 
to the right of wicked capital to be 
kept intact and to receive reasonable 
return from the revenues of the com- 
pany, but no royal means of doing 
this has been universally accepted. 

"The public is still unwilling to 
refuse to pay the most of service. The 
increased cost of labor must be met 
from the receipts, which continue to 
suffer decreases from the automobile 
and other competition. 

"Invested capital still requires a 
magnifying glass to disclose its 
profits. Adversity has taught man- 
agers continually to introduce new 
economies, so that a highly efficient 
management is now a commonplace 
and yet the problem continues un- 
solved. 

L.NBOR Problem Deserves AIore 
Attextion 

"The labor problem becomes in- 
creasingly difficult. Has it had suf- 
ficient attention? Admittedly it is a 
problem of essentially local charac- 
ter. Can it ever be solved by dealing 
with national or international unions? 
Remoteness from the scene of action 
surely does not conduce to happy so- 
lutions of these local difficulties. The 
strike is a crudity, damaging to the 
men as to the employer. Its avoid- 
ance by the payment of wages which 
the industry cannot produce is but 
temporary in effect and disastrous for 
all. The apparent success of the 
Philadelphia plan, enlisting employes 
in co-operative effort for the good of 
the public, themselves and their em- 
ployers, seems to point the direction 
tor future effort. If loyalty to the 
undertaking for which they have 
elected to work can be substituted for 
loyalty to a remote national organiza- 
tion, great may be the gain. 

"Local organizations of employes 
are, I believe, beneficial and likely to 
bring about real co-operation and in- 
terest in the undertaking. Recent 
events have certainly shown the un- 
wisdom of attempts to regulate these 
matters by government tjoards and 
national craft organizations. Em- 
ployes want and should have the 
human man-to-man touch with the 
business and this can only be obtained 
by local organizations'. 

"With apologies for presenting 
these views at such length, and again 
expressing my deep regret for my 
inability to be with you, I may add 
a hope for the continued success and 
prosperity of the association. 
"Very truly yours, 

"CHAS. S. SERGEANT." 



See the A. C. Feeder Automatic 
and Supervisory Control Ap- 
paratus in the G. E. Exhibit. 



THE outstanding feature of the G. E. 
exhibit this year is the wonderful 
development in A. C. feeder automatic 
control and supervision from a dis- 
tance shown in their booth. All rail- 
way power representatives should see 
this equipment and get a detailed ex- 
planation as to its operation. Provi- 
sion is made so that if there is an 
overload or a short-circuit on the line 
the feeder circuit is opened automat- 
ically and is again closed after a time 
interval. 

Two different types of delays can 
be used for obtaining this time inter- 
val. One provides for the reclosing 
at short intervals of a maximum of 
30 seconds. The other is designed so 
that the sequence of reclosing can be 
adjusted for different time intervals. 
Thus the first can be short, the second 
long, and the third still longer or any 
other combination as desired. An A-C 
feeder notching relay provides for the 
locking out of the breaker in case the 
overload or short-circcit still exists 
after three successive closings. The 
A. C. motor mechanism for closing the 
breaker is unique in design and should 
prove of extreme Interest. 

No.x-Teciinical Visitor Interested 

Non-technical visitors have shown 
much enthusiasm in the manner with 
which their nickels are increased in 
size apparently so that they can be 
viewed from a distance as they are 
dropped into the fare box. which auto- 
matically opens the turnstile. The 
turnstile exhibited is the same as that 
used in the Interborough subways in 
New York, and its great feature is 
the saving in space accomplished by 
the use of the same turnstile for both 
entrance and exit. The magnifying of 
the coins is a safety measure for de- 
tecting any slugs or other articles 
which might be used in payment as 
fares, and assures the operating com- 
pany that all fares are collected and 
an automatic record made. The 
mechanism is open so that visitors 
can see just how the turnstile works. 
All patents for this mechanism are 
now controlled by the General Elec- 
tric Co. 



62,000 Feet of Space Sold 

Secretary Welsh reports that over 
62,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space has been 
sold. This is probably the greatest 
amount ever sold at any A. E. R. A. 
convention. This speaks volumes for 
the excellent work done by the exhibit 
committee, of which E. J. Blair, Chi- 
cago Elevated Railroads, was chair- 
man. It also indicates the returning 
confidence in the industry and the 
value of the central location and re- 
sulting large attendance at the con- 
vention of the association on the pi»r 
in Chicago. 



48 



Electric Railway Journal Convention Daily 



Third Issue 



C. D. Emmons Elected President 



Able Baltimore Executive Honored Willi 

Highest Post Association 

Can Confer 



CD. EMMONS, the new president of 
• the American Association, was 
elected to that office on the year of 
his attaining his majority in attend- 
ance at A. E. R. A. conventions, this 
being his twenty-first. For be it 
known that Emmons has been as 
faithful in attendance at conventions 
ever since he became an electric rail- 
way man as he is in everything he 
does. 

A Civil Engixef.r by Profession 

He started life as a Hoosier and 
then studied civil engineering at the 
University of Pittsburgh, where he 
graduated in 18(i2. His first railroad- 
ing was in the steam field, on the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, where he 
worked for nine years, finally becom- 
ing supervisor of signals en the 
division which includes the Broad 
Street Station. Then he went to 
Lafayette, Ind., where he operated, 
and did some construction work on 
the Lafayette street railway. From 
Lafayette he went to Fort Wayne as 
general manager and then in 1911 to 
South Bend with the Chicago, South 
Bend & Northern Indiana Railway. 

In 1916 he became vice-president 
and general manager of the Boston & 
Worcester and in 1918 went to the 
Boston Elevated for a few months, 
only to leave for his present position 
of president of the Baltimore Com- 
pany in August, 1919. 

The association is deeply intebted 
to Mr. Emmons for the tireless and 
conscientious work he has done as the 
chairman of the meetings and papers 
committee this year. To him is due 
much of the success of the midyear 
conference and of the program of the 
present convention. 

Mr. Emmons has always been active 
in association work, principally in the 
T. & T. association in his earlier days. 
He was also an active member of the 
C. E. R. A. when he was in Indiana. 

Mr. Emmons is one of the soundly 
progressive executives of the industry. 
He has sold the Baltimore people on 
his company and the dependability 
and completeness of its service to suit 
their every need. 

In Close Touch With Public 

Mr. Emmons is a member of almost 
every civic and other similar organi- 
zation in Baltimore. He keeps in 
touch with his public. And he has as 
loyal a crowd of officials in his com- 
pany as can be found in the whole 
country. ^ 

The association may safely look for- 
ward to a year of real accomplish- 
ment and progress, with Emmons on 
the job. 



Wilkie and Cast Score Great 
Success 



< < A N Interrupted Operation," the 
■^ playlet written by J. E. Wilkie 
and presented before some 1,600 rail- 
way people last night at the Marigold 
Gardens was enthusiastically received. 
The dinner which preceded the play 
was a hilarious success, but the crowd 
responded to the persuasion of Gen- 
eral Harries and kept quiet so that 
the play, acted by local railway talent, 
could proceed without interruption, 
except for that in the operation on 
Ellick Traxion. 

P>om beginning to end the playlet 
was enthusiastically received and 
thoroughly enjoyed. The work of the 
characters was excellent — profes- 
sional, in fact. The insistence of the 
audience brought Mr. Wilkie to the 
platform for a curtain speech at the 
conclusion. 

The Marigold show girls enter- 
tained part of the evening and danc- 
ing completed a most successful "fea- 
ture night." Great credit is due 
Frank Johnson, Ohio Brass Company, 
chairman of the feature festival com- 
mittee, for his tireless effort in put- 
ting this evening over with such per- 
fection. Harry W. Spingold, Chicago, 
served as producer and contributed 
materially to the professional charac- 
ter of the play. 



Major Burpee Here 

Major B. P. Burpee, president of the 
Canadian Electric Railway Associa- 
tion, was in attendance at the T. & T. 
meeting yesterday afternoon and was 
much interested in the proceedings. 

President L. H. Palmer gracefully 
called attention to his presence by 
inviting .Mr. Burpee to occupy the plat- 
form with him during the session. 

The past year or so has shown in- 
creasing co-operation and contact 
with our Canadian associates and we 
hope this will continue into the 
future. 



Tenshun 

Pa. R.R. Ticket Holders! 

Dont forget that the return Red 
Special en the Pennsylvania will 
leave Chicago at 10:30 a. m. Friday. 
Up to last night some eight carloads 
had been signed up. 



North — Knee length skirts have re- 
duced street car accidents 50 per cent. 

West— Wouldn't it be fine if acci- 
dents coul d be prevented entirely? 

^E EMTER-YAWIAIG l-APY 
VMOSE HI6M-P1TCHEP 
ACCOU/JT OF THE LATEST 
AlElSHE-OR^IOOC? SCAWPAL 

Keeps the whole, car. 

AMUSED 




Courtesy Always 

The London General Omnibus Com- 
pany has issued the following circular 
on courtesy: 

PEBBLES IN THE POND 

Do you realize the "broadcasting" 
effect of one little "please?" 

One little COURTESY acts like a 
pebble dropped into a pond — rings, 
more rings, and wider rings until the 
edge is reached. 

One little discourtesy — one passen- 
ger's "grouse" — one letter to the 
press. 

One million readers, and ONE BIG 
BUNCH OF MISCHIEF. 

Make Y'OUR pebbles "Pleases." 

Courtesy Always. 



W. R. Alberger's Birthday Cake 

W. R. Alberger, "of Oakland. Cal., 
had a birthday yesterday and last 
night at the dinner he had so»ic birth- 
day cake presented to him by so»ic 
pretty young lady. 

And the California delegation pre- 
sented him with a wonderful sterling 
silver engraved folding desk clock. 

It pays to be loved by your asso- 
ciates. 



Automatic Substation in Opera- 
tion on the Pier 



Besides hot coffee at the Westing- 
house exhibit, considerable interest 
has been shown in the complete auto- 
matic substation which is in opera- 
tion and tied in on the surface lines 
trolley. An installation of super- 
visory control is also demonstrated 
and the machine is repeatedly sub- 
jected to short circuit to show the 
operation of protective devices. Two 
types of high speed breakers are in- 
cluded in the equipment set up to 
care for the "fireworks" on the short 
circuit demonstrations. 



Atlanta Journal 



That racket that proceeded from 
Claims Hall on ^Monday afternoon was 
not made by the mechanics repairing 
the floor. C. G. Rice was simply try- 
ing out the sturdy gavel presented by 
his admiring friends in the Associ- 
ated Bureaus, of which he is the grand 
mogul. 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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Oct. 5. 1922 



Electric Railway Jouknal Convention Daily 



THE PLAYLET YOU SAW LAST NIGHT 



AN INTERRUPTED OPERATION* 
A Playlet — In One Act as Produced at the Marigold Gardens 
"FSG? '^ '- By JOHN E. WILKIE 



^■^\r.!' 



Vice President Chicago Railways Company 



CAST : 

Ellick Traxion, the Victim. 

Prof. The Peepul, M. D., Superin- 
tendent. 

Dr. Comish, Dr. Borde, Operating 
Surgeons. 

Hon. G. D. Politiks, 0. Lemme Fixit, 
Visitors. 

Hortense Horsesense, President So- 
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Utilities. 

Miss Dividends, niece to Traxion. 

Nurses, Attendants, Policemen, Etc. 

THE PLAY 

Stage empty at raising of curtain. 
30 seconds for audience to "get" 
signs. Orchestra to continue to 
play during this 25 or 30 seconds 
interval, pianissimo. Music cres- 
endo to march time, and 
Enter Nurses. 
NURSES' CHORUS: 

The Nursing Staff you see in us 
Employed by Doctor Peepul 
Our tasks are quite lu-gu-bri-ous 
But we are always g"leeful 
We help the Doctors while they cut 
We handle sponge and lancet 
You'd thir;k our job a sad one — but 
We love to sing: and dance it. 
Just before dance closes. 
Enters Doc Peepul (watches fin- 
ish, claps hands). 
Peepul: "Very nice! V-e-r-y nice! 
young ladies. Glad to see you so 
full of pep. By the way, I suppose 
you have taken up the usual volun- 
tary collection from the patients, as 
a contribution to our little political 
war chest?" 
Chorus: "We have." 
Peepul: "Let me see, you were paid 

this morning?" 
Chorus: "Yes, sir." 

Peepul: "Then don't overlook the 
receptacle on the right as you go 
out. (Indicating.) Another thing, 
don't forget that next Tuesday is 
election day and that I am a candi- 
date for re-election as Superin- 
tendent; and remember that 
A vote for Doc 
Is coin in your sock 

In Municipal Operation." 

Chorus: "We're strong for you, Doc!" 
(Chorus dances off, repeating last 
two or four lines of song. As they 
approach door each makes a swift 
swoop to the "Lyle National Bank" 
and as they pass tin pan on pedestal 

•Copyrighted by John E. Wilkie. 



It isn't often that a raihcay 
executive has such hidden talents 
as were rez'calcd last night in the 
production of the playlet by John 
E. Wilkie at the Marigold Gar- 
dens as interpreted by a cast of 
raikaay people. It is too good, 
and too appropriate for the use 
of any railway company in a shoiv 
of its ozt'n, to be lost. So the 
Electric Railway Journal takes 
this way of preserving it. — Editor. 



at door drop metal washers and 
phoney paper money in same. 
Peepul follows to door, then picks 
up pan, goes to desk, empties con- 
tents on desk, splits in two piles, 
puts one in his pockets, locks the 
other in drawer of cabinet.) 

Peepul: "That's 50/50 with Old Man 
Politiks." (Turns to desk, has 
second thought and turns to drawer, 
unlocks it and takes a handful of 
notes, puts them in his pocket, lock- 
ing drawer again.) 

Peepul: "No use overdoing this split 
thing. I will make it 55/45 with 
the long end to Peepul. I have 
troubles of my own and lots of 
things to look after." 

DOCTOR PEEPUL: 

Old Doc Peepul in me you see 
Something more than a plain M. D. 
For I am the guy with a massive 

brain 
Who cures your ills and eases your 

pain 
And more than that I'm free to say 
I'm the Boss of the World today. 
I settle questions of every sort; 
I am the court of last resort 
You know the saying you learned in 

school 
"In ev'ry crisis the People rule" 
Well, I'm the Peepul — my word is 

la"\v 
Though some of my words perhaps 

are raw 
But fakirs who say they speak for 

me 
Are feeding you "bunk" and are all 

"N. G." 

Telephone rings. Peepul crosses 
to phone. Picks it up. 

Peepul: "Yes, this )s Dr. Peepul. 
Oh, yes Dr. Comish, how are you. 
Dr. Labor Borde is with you? That's 
good. I have been waiting for you. 
Come right up. One of the attend- 
ants will show you the way to the 
6th floor. No, I am sorry to say 
the eleva1:or is not running. We are 
Municipally operated you know and 



the elevator operator is out with his 
Precinct Captain, looking after a 
delinquent contributor to the Cam- 
paign Fund, but you will find the 
circular stairs quite comfortable. 
All right." 
(Comedy circular stair stunt) 
Enters Nurse as Peepul hangs up 
phone. 
Nurse: "Excuse me Doctor, patient 
in 610 is off his nut again. I think 
you had better look at him." 

Peepul: "I am right with you. 
(Opens drawer of desk. Takes out 

large S-wrench.) Off his nut, eh? 
Maybe he is trying to bolt. Just 
a bad turn I suppose." 

(The comedy circular staircase 
stunt continues during the foregoing 
dialogue and for a second or two 
after exit of Doctor and Nurse), 
then 

Enter Comish and Borde, shown 
in by attendant who immediately 
exits. Business of extreme exhaus- 
tion after climbing stairs. Mopping 
faces and heads, back of neck, etc., 
— meantime looking curiously about 
room. 

(Comish discovers skeleton. Artic- 
ulated skeleton backstage left) 

Comish: "Good Lord! Look here!" 
(Grabs Borde — comedy fright 
stuff.) 

Borde: (Recovering first.) "Say, 
Comish!" 

Comish: "What?" 

Borde: "I don't suppose that's Doc 
Peepul, what? You know they 
told us when we left for Chicago 
that Doc was something of a bone- 
head — not so dusty, eh?" 

(They laugh, recovering their 
equanimity.) 

Enters Doc Peepul. 

Peepul: "Well, here we are. How 

are we?" 
Comish & Borde: (Jump nervously. 
Turn to meet Peepul as he ad- 
vances.) 
Peepul: (to Borde) "You're Dr. 

Comish?" 
Borde: "I'm Borde." 
Peepul: "Not by me I hope." 
Borde: "Oh no, you don't under- 
stand. This (pointing) is Dr. 
Comish. I am Dr. Borde." 



Electric Railway Journal Convention Daily 



Third Issue 



Peepul: "Oh yes. I suppose you 
have both your credentials." Both 
produce papers from inside pockets. 
"Here they are." 

Doc. Peepul takes papers. Cross- 
es to desk. Seats himself. 

Peepul: "You'll excuse our having 
only one chair. Our chairs were 
all controlled by members of the 
Legislature and have been removed 
until after election day. as they 
wanted to make sure of retaining 
their seats." 

Comish: "That's all right." 

Borde: "We don't mind." 

Comish: "We only hope our standing 
will be good enough to obtain these 
appointments." 

Peepul: (Opening and examining pa- 
pers.) "I suppose you both under- 
stand just what we have in hand. 
We have opened a surgical depart- 
ment to care for utility cases and 
you are to do the operating." (To 
Comish) — "Now Doctor, let me see — 
what is your regular business?" 

Comish: "Well, I am the leading un- 
dertaker in our thriving little 
town." 

Peepul: "Ah. you are the leading 
undertaker. How many undertakers 
are there in your thriving little 
town?" 

Comish: "One." 

Peepul: "What do you know about 
transportation?" 

Comish: "Well, I personally con- 
duct an excursion to our beautiful 
cemetery once a month, and some- 
times oftener." 

Peepul: "That's good! That's good!" 
To Borde: "That's your regular bus- 
iness?" 

Borde: "My wife runs a boarding 
house." 

Peepul: "Know anything about labor 
conditions?" 

Boi-de: "Well, we haven't had any 
trouble yet. The old lady is still 
able to do the cooking, wash the 
dishes and keep the place slicked 
up." 

Peepul: "Fine! I notice from the 
endorsement on here that you have 
been operating in another jurisdic- 
tion in labor and utility cases." 

Comish & Borde: "Oh, yes, we know 
the game." 

DR. COMISH 

LABOR BORDE 

COMISH: 

My specialty I'd have you know 
Is cutting fares from high to low. 

BORDE: 

And mine is raising rates of pay 
To every traction employe. 

COMISH: 

When lower fares and rates I fix 
I please my old friend Politiks. 



BORDE: 

Through boosts in pay I'm free to 

say 
I hope to \vin a boost some day. 

BOTH: 

It's pretty smooth the Game ^ve play 
For lower fares and higher pay 
"How do "we get that way" you say? 
Ask-of-the-stars-in-the-milky-way 
But don't hold your breath until they 
answer! 

CCMISH: 

A profit's something quite accursed 
And that is what I look for first. 

BORDE: 

My sympathy I can't control 

When working on a workman's roll. 

COMISH: 

I never heed my victim's cries 
I never mourn although he dies. 

BORDE: 

I cut the hours or raise the pay 
I get results in either way. 

BOTH: 

It's pretty smooth the Game we play 
For lower fares and higher pay 
"How do we get that way" you say? 
Ask-of-the-stars-in-the-milky-way 
But don't hold your breath until they 
answer! 

(Racket outside — Automobile 
horns, ambulance gongs.) 

Peepul: "That sounds like an emer- 
gency case." 

(Voices and shuffling of feet out- 
side, and 

Enters Traxion on stretcher, borne 
by two policemen, and accompanied 
by Fixit, Politiks and Nurses. 

Fixit: (Running around stretcher 
bearers, and backward and for- 
ward). "Now boys, bring him right 
down here." (Leading way to cen- 
ter) 

Fixit fussily directs exact spot 
for location of stretcher. 

(In the meantime Politiks and 
Peepul have shaken hands, Politiks 
pointing to patient on stretcher, 
whispering to Peepul. Business of 
back-slapping, more handshaking 
and laughter. Peepul gets money 
from drawer and slips it to Poli- 
tiks.) 

Peepul: (Addressing first stretcher 
bearer) "Well, Officer, what have 
we here?" 

Fixit: (Putting up restraining hand 
to stretcher bearer) "Just a min- 
ute" (Interrupting, and rubbing 
hands) "this is my case. Dr. Pee- 
pul. I am bringing this patient 
here. I found him out here in the 
street" — 

Politiks: (Interrupting) "Yes, and 
he was occupying the streets with- 
out any rights or authority" — 

Fixit: (Restraining hand again) 
"Just a minute" — 

Peepul: (Interrupting) "Pardon me, 
but who are you?" 

Fixit: (Astonished) "What, you 
don't know me? Listen" — 

FIXIT: 

I am Fixit the fixer they sa.v I am 
a pest 



Although I assure you I am doing 
my best ^ 

My nerve is colossal and great is my 
gall 

For what people say I care nothing 
at all. 

To President Harding I give my ad- 
vice 

And keep on advising, though cut- 
ting no ice, 

I write to the papers; I speak at the 
Clubs 

I'm told I'm a nuisance — the Prince 
of the Dubs 

But I've nothing to do but set every- 
thing right 

And that is my job in the show here 
tonight. 

Peepul: (Shaking hands with Fixit) 
"Glad to know you Mr. Fixit. I 
suppose you know my old Friend, 
Politiks?" 

Fixit: "Oh, yes. I have had quite a 
good deal to do with Politiks. He 
hasn't always known it, but I have 
been responsible for most of his 
successes. 

Politiks: "Yes, and listen here — you 
'Fixit guys' are responsible for 
most of my troubles too — but I don't 
see that we are getting anywhere 
with this case. Here's election 
coming along, and we have got to do 
something with this Traxion guy." 

G. D. POLITIKS: 

I love an operation on a public Cor- 
poration 

I like to see 'em bleed by heck! 

And there's heaps of satisfaction 

When the patient's name is "Trac- 
tion" 

And they stick their gleaming lane- 
let in his neck, neck, neck! 

And they stick their gleaming lancet 
in his neck! 

Do you happen to remember how 

along about November 
When election tinie grows nearer 

day by day 
How I show supreme ability 
In slamming some utility 
Without a word of truth in what I 

saj\ say, say 
Without a word of truth in what I 

say! 

To a secret now I'll wise you and 

I'm sure it will surprise you 
When christened I was named Adel- 

bert G 
But after years of bossing and 

adroit double crossing 
I'm known throughout the land as 

plain "G. D." — Big D! 
They cuss me with a big "G 

Peepul: "Let's get busy with this 
operation, boys." (To Comish and 
Borde) — "You will find your operat- 
ing gowns in the hall outside." 
(Exit Comish and Borde) 

(Directed by Peepul and with Fixit 
fussing around, the operating table 
is moved to stage center and Trax- 
ion is transferred from stretcher to 
table.) 

(Re-enter Comish and Borde, with 
long white Butchers' aprons, — 
sleeves rolled up.) 

Comish: "We're all ready." 
Borde: "Where are the tools?" 

(Peepul crosses to desk. Picks 
up telephone.) 



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Peepul: "Send the tool man in right 
away." 

(Enter comedy attendant with 
small wheelbarrow. Makes circuit 
of stage to cabinet, which he opens. 
Takes out collection of tools, drop- 
ping them noisily in wheelbarrow, 
then retraces to back of operating 
table, where he leaves wheelbarrow 
and exits. In the meantime busi- 
ness of getting patient ready for 
operation. Comish and Borde nerv- 
ously paw over tools. Borde ex- 
amines chisel. Tests edge. Crosses 
to bench. Uses hammer and anvil 
in adjusting chisel satisfactorily. 
Then returns to operating table.) 

Traxion: (Sitting up on operating 
table) "Haven't I got anything to 
say here?" 

Peepul: (Soothingly) "Now, now, 
don't get excited." 

Traxion: "I am not excited, but I 
think I ought to have a chance at 
least to identify myself before those 
fellows get busy with their saws 
and axes." 

Fixit: (Interrupting — holding up his 
hand) "Just a minute." (Takes 
hold of Politiks. Peepul. Comish and 
Borde, drawing them to one side for 
momentary conference, with heads 
together.) 

Traxion: (Hopelessly) "Fat 
. Chance!" 

Fixit: "We have agreed that it will 
be all right for you to identify 
yourself." 

Politiks: (Warningly) "But be 
v-e-r-y careful what you say." 

Traxion: "I don't want to say any- 
thing. I want to sing. Let these 
men push me down where I can 
have a fair show." 

(Politiks, Peepul, Borde, Comish 
and Fixit take hold of the operating 
table and run it down stage.) 

Traxion: "Thanks!" 
MR. ELLICK TRAXION: 

Ellick Traxion is my name — busi- 
ness, transportation 

Pretty widely known to fame up and 
down the Nation 

Once I looked like other guys — nor- 
mal circulation 

Took my three squares, proper size 
— never missed a ration 

Then one day some busy nut got 
an inspiration 

Said I seemed quite healthy but — 
needed regulation 

Since that day I've pined away — call 
it inanition 

That's another way to say lacking 
in nutrition 

Everything I want to do blocked by 
Politician 

Now I'm down to "82 — mighty poor 
condition 

Here I am, just take a glance — 
pipe this aggregation 

You'll agree I've not a chance dodg- 
ing mutilation 

And when they're through this cruel 
sport — cutting, blasting, sawing 

Old Pilitiks will go to court and then 
there'll be more lawing. 



(At close of song Traxion re- 
sumes position on operating table, 
which is run back to original loca- 
tion. Business of administering 
anesthetic. Noisy business with 
tools back of operating table. Sound 
of metallic filing, sawing) — then 

Comish: "By gosh, here's some- 
thing!" 

(Comish and Borde, after comedy 
exertion, produce small tin jitney.) 

Fixit: "One moment!" (Stepping in 
and taking jitney from surgeons 
and crossing to Politiks.) "Say 
G. D., this may have caused a lot 
of irritation and Inflammation, but 
do you agree with me that we better 
let it stay where it was." 

Politiks: "Surest thing you know." 
(Both up to operating table, re- 
turning jitney to Doctors.) 

Politiks: "Boys, you better put that 
back." 

Fixit: (To Comish) "You can put 
it back, can't you Doc?" 

Comish: "Sure, we can put it back 
but of course it may cause serious 
congestion." 

Politiks: "Oh, well, that'll be all 
right. We should worry." 

Borde: (Who has been continuing 
his work on the patient) "Hey, 
Doc!" (To Comish) 

Comish: "What is It?" 

Borde: "Darned if I know, but here 
is something unusual. Where's 
your glass?" 

(Nurse secures large reading 
glass. Hands to Comish, who, with 
Borde, comes down front and makes 
careful examination, Fixit vainly 
trying to look between their heads 
over their shoulders.) 

Comish: "I give it up." 

Borde: "iSIe too!" 

Fixit: (Hands up) "One moment! 
Allow me!" (Takes small object 
from between Borde's fingers. Ex- 
amines it critically. Face lights up 
with smile of recognition.) "Why 
gentlemen, I recognize this at once. 
This is Traxion's surplus." 

Comish, Borde ) 

Politiks, Peepul ) "What!" 

Nurses, Attendants ) 

Everybody. ) 

Fixit: "That's what it is — unmistak- 
ably." 

(Politiks, Peepul, Borde, Comish 
get together Ri,ght) 

Peepul: "This will never do! Never 
do!" 

Politiks: "All wrong. All wrong. 
Traxion ought never have been 
permitted to develop a surplus. 
(Very sternly to Peepul) "What 
do you mean by allowing Traxion 
to develop a surplus, eh?" 



Peepul: "I — I " 

Politiks: "You have had enough 
chance at this fellow in the past 
to clean him up. I am surprised. 
Eh-er-er — where's that surplus?" 

Fixit: "Here it is, G. D." (Passes 
small object to G. D., who takes 
out pocketbook and carefully stows 
surplus away in it.) 

Politiks: "I'll just take care of this 
for awhile. Go ahead with your 
operating." 

(Comish and Borde return to pa- 
tient and start in further comedy 
hammering, sawing tactics, etc.) 

Loud noise outside. Confused 
voices, among them that of a 
woman is discernible. 

Hortense: (Off stage) "I tell you I 
will go in! I am the President 
of the Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Public Utilities, and this 
officer has warrants for Peepul, 
Politiks — and all the rest of those 
highbinders." 

(Hortense enters with Officer and 
Miss Dividends) 

Hortense: "There's your Uncle, 

child." 

(Miss Dividends rushes to operat- 
ing table and throws her arms 
around Uncle.) 

Miss Dividends: "Oh Uncle! Uncle!" 

Hortense: (Disengaging Miss Divi- 
dends' arms from Uncle, and ad- 
dressing all.) "Tell them who you 
are my child." 

MISS DIVIDENDS: 

I am little Miss Dividends tattered 

and torn 
I often have wished that I'd never 

been born 
You'd scarcely believe that I once 

was quite fat 
And rosy and happy and gay and all 

that — 
But that was before Uncle Ellick 

grew pale 
And old Doctor Peepul got most of 

his kale 
For years I've been living on Bunk 

and Hot Air 
Just waiting the time when the 

fares would be fair. 

(Interruption by Chorus) 
"Them Days is Gone Forever!" 

After the song. Miss Dividends 
crosses over and stands by Traxion 
at the operating table again. 
Hortense: "No, 'them days have not 
gone forever.' I'm on the job and 
things are going to be different, or 
my name is not Hortense Horse- 
sense." 
HORTENSE HORSESENSE: 

I am using all my energy, combined 

with some ability 
Preventing any cruelty to any sick 

utility 
I've kept a watchful eye upon this 

bunch of busy fakirs 
■\Vho seek to do a Doctor's job with 

butchers and with bakers 
If someone doesn't stop their work 

the patient's booked for paradise 
And I'm the Jane to block the game 

of this misguided pair 'o' guys 
There's been too much of rank 

abuse of cutting and of cursing 
While what the patient really needs 

is good old-fashioned nursing. 



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(At the close of song Hortense 
opens handbag and extracts large bot- 
tle, and crosses to operating table.) 
Hortense: (To Officer) "Officer, 
serve your warrants." (Busies 
herself with patient.) 

Officer: "Now then, youse guys, line 
up!" (Reading from list)— "Doc 
Peepul" 

Peepul: "Here." 

Officer: "Come across." (Peepul 
crosses to point indicated by Offi- 
cer.) 

Officer: "Hon. G. D. Politiks." 

Politiks: "That's me." 

Officer: "Come across. Dr. Cornish 
Dr. Borde" 

Cornish & Borde: (Together) "That's 
us." 

Officer: "Come across. Theyse an 
additional charge of false pretenses 
against youse guys, and you'll get 
yours ! " 

Fixit: (Who has been moving about 
restlessly, watching proceedings.) 
"I suppose I'm next." 

Officer: "What's your name?" 

Fixit: "O. Lemme Fixit." 

Officer: "Not with me. Not with me 

Tell it to the Judge!" 
Fixit: "Isn't my name on the list?" 
Officer: "I don't see it." 

Fixit: "Well there's going to be lots 
of publicity about this case and I 
must get in on it somehow." (Pause, 
Fixit in deep thought— hand up)' 
"One minute." (Crosses to operat- 
ing table to Hortense) "One min- 
ute, lady, one minute. I'd like to 
fix this thing up, if I can." 

Hortense: "I'm busy. Talk fast. 
What's your proposition?" 

Fixit: (Traxion begins to show signs 
of life) "I see the patient is com- 
ing to. Now, If he recovers, and 
I can fix it with old G. D. here to 
restore his surplus and allow him 
a little something for that poor 
niece of his, won't you withdraw 
your charges and give us a fair 
chance?" 

All: (Leaning tensely toward Hor- 
■ tense.) "Oh Lady," (Pleadingly) 
"Lady!" 

Hortense: "Well, you don't deserve 
any consideration, but wait a min- 
ute and if I can pull poor Traxion 
around I'll consider it." 

All: (With a long sigh and soft ex- 
piration.) "Thanks!" 

Hortense: (As Traxion shows signs 
of reviving.) "Take another dose of 
this. It's doing you good." 

(Business of drinking contents of 
bottle. Complete return to con- 
sciousness. Stretching. Feeling 
body. Stretching legs, arms, etc.) 



Traxion: (Sitting up and swinging 
around sideways on the operating 
table.) 

All: (Murmurs) "He's coming to." 
Traxion: (Expression gradually 
changing from extreme dejection to 
happiness, throwing up arms and 
kicking legs.) "Gee! Wow! Say 
that stuffs got a kick in it. What 
is it?" 

Hortense: "Just a little 110 Proof 
Extract of Fair Play." (Solicitous- 
ly) "You're feeling all right now?" 

Traxion: "You said it." 

Hortense: "Do you think vou could 
walk?" 

Traxion: (Sliding off the operating 
table and taking a few little steps.) 
"Walk! I can do better than 
that — I can dance." 
(Dance— Hortense and Traxion) 

Fixit: (After dance) "Fair play is 
a great thing." 

KN.SEMBLE FINALE: 

Fair play! Hoorah, Hooray — better 

by far than political bluff! 
We'll say that's the way— cut in the 

decency, cut out the rough! 
Play fair — play square — We'll drop 

all our hammers and get us a horn 
And boost for old Traxion as sure 

as you're born 
Drop all our hammers and blow 

Traxion's horn! 

Fixit: (Moving out in front of as- 
sembled Company and lifting hand.) 
"One moment. We seem to be for- 
getting our hosts tonight. Let's tell 
them what we think of the Ameri- 
can Electric Railway Association." 

FINAL SONG: 

A. E. R. A. to thee 
We pledg-e our loyalty 
Thy name we praise 
We love thy sturdy fight 
Valiant for Traction's right 
Dark days will soon be bright 
A. E. R. A. 

A. E. R. A. tonig-ht 

Let every heart be lig-ht — 

Joy unconflned 
Let music's magic fill 
Each human soul until 
All hearts with rapture thrill 

A. E. R. A. 

A. E. R. A. we hope 

You've liked our brand of dope 

Soup, fish and play 
We of the Middle West 
Gave you our honest best 
Now let our players rest 

A. E. R. A. 

(The words to this song should 
be reproduced on a slide, and after 
the company on the stage have 
sung the first verse, the words 
should be thrown on a screen, or 
some point visible to the audience, 
and) 

Fixit: "Now then,— Everybody!" 
(THE END.) 
(CURTAIN) 



NOTE : 

In producing "An Mterrupted Oper- 
ation." there were displayed on the 
back drop the following signs on 
cards approximately 20" x HY' : 

"Cutting Out Competition. $100." 

"Getting Into a Purchasing Agent, 
$250." 

"Reducing Expense Accounts, 
free." 

"Stimulating Consumption (Per- 
formed for Supply Agents Only), 
$500." 

"Opening the Public's Eve (Very 
Difficult), $1,000. 

"Grafting— Special Rates by Ar- 
rangement," etc. 

At the upper-right of the stage was 
an articulated skeleton. Upper-left, 
an operating table. Left-center, a ta- 
ble and chair. Right-center, a pedes- 
tal holding a metal receptacle, and 
right-center, down-stage, another 
table. 

Center, right and left entrances and 
exits were used. 

The other essential "props" were 
a stretcher; a wheel-barrow for the 
tool man; miscellaneous collection 
of tools; large monkey wrench, or S- 
wrench for the use of Dr. Peepul in 
looking after the patient in 610; an 
ambulance gong; automobile horn; 
telephone set for table, L; one of the 
sausage-shaped balloons to be used in 
anesthetizing the patient; a tin jit- 
ney; a reading glass; a collection of 
stage money— both paper and metal 
disks, etc. 

Of course if we had had the facil- 
ities it would have been better to have 
set the stage completely as an operat- 
ing room, with white furniture and 
all the other conventional hospital 
appliances. 

If by chance any clubs or dramatic 
branches of utility companies through- 
out the country wish to produce this 
playlet, locally, it is suggested the re- 
quest for permission to produce 
it should be forwarded to the author 
at 105 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 
who will be glad to act favorably 
without delay, and without charge, in 
answering all requests made to him. 

-Mr. Yagle. the composer, has been 
asked to have the music of the songs 
published in sheet form. In case 
those wishing to produce the skit 
wish also to have the music, and they 
will so indicate in their letter to Mr. 
Wilkie, he will see that Mr. Yagle 
is properly advised. It is understood 
that there will be a nominal charge 
for the music, if it is furnished, by 
Mr. Yagle. 



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